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The Hongkong Telegraph.

March 7th, 1912, Temperature a.m. 69, p.m. 72; Humidity... 98, 89.

No. 8729

TELEGRAMS.

晚十二月正年子

(ESTABLISHED 1881.)

Copyright, 1911 by the Proprietor.

FRIDAY, MARCH

WEATHER FORECAST,

FAIR.

March 7th, 1011, Temperature a.m. 73, p.m., 77; Humidity...80, 02.

TELEGRAMS.

8

1912.

五拜禮

號八月三英港香

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

TELEGRAMS.

CHINA IN TRANSITION.

COAL CRISIS."

THE SOUTH POLE.

BRITISH TRADE.

IMPERIAL WIRELESS.

JAPANESE AUTIVITY.

NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED.

WAS IT REACHED?

FEBRUARY FIGURES.

CONTRACT ARRANGED.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Shanghai, Mur, 8, 9.35 a..

The most important northern

cities are being looted."

Japanese troops are flooding

into the country.

PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURA-

TION.

Tas Provisional Government |

at Napking agrees to the in- auguration of Yuan Shil-kai na

President at Poking, but juists that ho shall appoint his Premier, who must proveol to Nanking to forn a provisional Cabinot, with the approval of the Assembly.

After this a decision in regard to the wit of the capital will be

arrived at.

THE NEW GOVERNMENT'.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

Bombay, Mar. 8.8.35 3.1.

The Board of Trade has un- nounced that negotiations with both parties aro to be resumed this afternoon-Router.

KING'S, PLANS UPSET.

[Service to the "Telegraph..

London, Mar. 7, 3.35 p.m.

The Daily Express" coisas. pondent at Wellington states that Captain Amundson, the Polar explorer who has just returned, says that Captain Scott has roached the South Polo,

A MORE LIKELY STORY. Landon, Mar. 7, 8.30 p.m.

It is understood that the coal, London, Mar. 7, 11.45 am. crisis is affecting the King's

Captain Amundson has sold tho plans to the extent that overal prospectivo engagements, in-copyright of his exploits to the "Daily Chronicle" and honco Jcluding stato visits to foreign Courts, will not be definitely

rofuses to speak. arranged while the unrest mains acuto.

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If the deadlock continues, some

engagemen's will almost certainly bo postponed.-Itouter. ̧*

STUDENTS, AS MINERS.

BRITAIN'S FORCES.

OVERSEAS TROOPS.

[Service to the "Telegraph."]

London, Mar. 9.35 a.m. Speaking in the House of Com-

[Service to the "Telegraph."] [Sorvico to the "Telegraph."]

Bombay, Mar. 8, 7.10 a.m. London, March, 7, 10.25 p.m.

The Board of Trade announces

The Marconi Company an that the imports during February nounces that the Government to- show an increase of £3,048,463 day accepted the Company's and the exports of £1,837,200. terms for the construction of all The latter increase is chiefly of the wireless stations in the Im- steel and iron manufactures. The perinl wireless ichomo.

Seely said that the Government export of cotton has decreased by

Construction at the following was satisfied that they were ade- £54.761.-Reutor.

stations will bo begun forth-

quato.

HOME POLITICS.

BUSINESS PRESSURE,

[Sorvice to the "Telegraph."]

Bombay, Mar. 8, 7.10 a.m.

In the Houts of Commons Mr.

‚880 rax`Auxum”.

SINGLE Corr 10 Curr.

TELEGRAMS,

OBITUARY.

BERMUDA'S GOVERNOR.

[Service to the "Telegraph."] Bombay, Mar. 8, 7.10 á.m.

Liout. Walter Kitchener O.B., Governor of this Bermudas

mone with rogard to the over-has died after an oporation "for

appendicitis.-Reuter. seas troops generally, Colonel

The numbers were not

| with :- England, Cyprus or

Egypt, Aden, Bangalore, Soutli fixed for all time, as circumstances Africa and Singapore.

It is anticipated that, others will follow shortly.-Router.

SECRETARY KNOX,

The koonest interest is takon in the results because it is known that he hoped to forestall Captain | Asquith announced that the INFAMOUS SUGGESTION. Scott who is also returning and exigencies of l'arliamentary busi- is expected at Slowart Island,ness rondored it impossible to introduce the lomo Rule Bill New Zealand, at any moment.balore Easter. (Loud Opposition

Router.

WAS AMUNDSEN FIRST?

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elibers)

He hoped that the Budget and the Wolsh Disestablishment Billi would be passed before Easter

Noutor.

[Sorvico to the Telegraph."}

London, March 7, 4.20 a.m.

A Now York message states that

LI YUAN HUNG,

China's National ¡feró.

Manchestor Guardian, "romarks A correspondent, writing to the

Ing

might arise necessitating reinforce-conoorning Genoral Li Yung- monts, but nothing pointed at prc- It is said of Li Yuan-hung, who hoaded the revolutionary outbreak. sent to that.

at Honkow, that during the revolu- tion ho has averaged no more SOUTH AFRICAN GARRISON. than three hours' sloop a day. Li is a hard worker and no wastor of Several Liberal members urged time. Thero is a strong feeling

the withdrawal of the South Afri-among Chinese residents in Central China that ho should have boon can garrison, and Colonel Seely offered the Presidency, and it is thought that his position as Vice- not sufficiently President is important for one who has played such a unique part in the revolu tion, and with such conspicuous ability. But personally he is not perturbed. Li Yuan-hung is a man

replied that the Government ligd not proposed to withdraw the gar-

two newspapers in Nicaragua pub-rison thero this year, because al- lished letters, suggesting the dyna- most this very day the Union Par niting of Secretary Kox on the liament was discussing its own De-with whom the Republican party.

fence,, Bill-Router.

at SUFFRAGIST OUTBREAK. 28thull. The whole of the editorial staffs of the two papers MORE ARRESTS concerned, numbering fifty, were arrested. till Secretary Knox de- parted.-Router,

London, March 7, 4.20 a.m.

London, Mar. 7, 10 p.m. Oxford undergraduates have

Router's correspondent formed a strike emergency com-Christiania roports that the Shanghai, March 7,

milice and are endeavouring to

newspaper "Social Demokraten President Yuan Shih-hai has obtain permission to work the

says that a private individual has Three hundred and sixty received a telegram from the Boat Tang Choy-lai ant tires mines. othor officials to Nanking to dis-

Fram expedition to the effect that Captain Amundsen reached the cuss the formation of the now

the South Pole. government.

have enrolled.

RAILWAYS SUFFER.

Many towns are reducing their

The London

Dr. Sun Yat-sen İms tolograph- | lighting and water supplies el Vico-President Li Yum-heng owing to the strike.

to proced to Nanking to inke put in the discussion,

A STRANGE REPORT. A Gm in Kinochu has tolograpland to Poking exprossing his intention to become a natura- lised subject of China,

Provident Yarn Shih-kai las 0.dered the Boaṛl of the Interier to consider his application.

A LOAN POSTPONED.

A RUMOUR. Reuters correspondent

at

[Service to the "Tolograph."]

London, Mur. 7, 11.45 a.m.

The suffragiste to-day indulged in more window-smashing, in cluding those of the firms of Gorringe and Jay.

THE MISSING LADY.

A number of arrests have been und North Western Railway has Wellington ways there is an un-made,~,: 07,

confirmed rumour to the effect reduced its service to the statutory.

that Captain Amundsen says minimum, which means the

that Captain Scott reached the suspension of thousands of cm-Pole.-Neuter.. ployees.

Telegrams from the continent indicate restriction of steamship services from Norway, Germany an France and of incroaɛed freights owing to insufficient coal.

EXPLORER'S RETURN.

London, March 7, 4.35 p.m. A meestge from Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, reports the NO HOPEFUL SION,

arrival of Captain Amundsen,, the Mr. Asquith and his colleagues explorer, who, however, is relicent mot the miners' oxecutive in the regarding his experiences.-(Reu-

The loan to the Peking Govern- afternoon. The miners are prepar-ber.) mont by the Russo-Asiatic Binked to attend. further conferences if dosired, but it is understood, that

his been postponed on aco unt of the tronk'o in Peking,

PAOTINGFU MUTINEERS.

the conferences show no lessening

LABOUR MEMBERS MOVE.

ment conferred with the miners'

CANTON NEWS.

London, March 7, 4.20 a.m.

Detectives are scouring. London in search of Christabel Pankhurst,

who up to the present has not

been discovered:-Reuter.

CHINA AND FINANCE.

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American Banking Group. Mr. H. P. McKnight of Messrs.

TROUBLE FEARED.

JAPANESE ARMY MANŒUVRES,

A French Impression.

of China would be ill advised to come to loggerhoads,

Very little has been written about Li Yuan-hung. Four months ago he was merely a name, meaningless even to Chinese. When the revolution broke out in Wuchiang Li Yuan- hung was merely an ordinary military officer. He had, so it London, March 7, 2.15 p.m. -

would appear, no very great am- The "Revue Militairo dos Ar-]bitions, but by his fidelity to The General Staff at Washing-

mees Etrangeres" publishes a long small things in life, by his sound ton has prepared plans for the account of the Japanese manou-soldiering, and his all-round mobilisation of one hundred thou-vres for 1911. The writer anye knowledge of the things that in sand troops on the Mexican border that the two principal things to be his profession really mattered, he noted are: first the preparation laid the foundation of great owing to apprehensions of danger for the operations down to the achievements. In hiayounger days to Americans in Mexico-Reuter, smallest detail; and finally the Li was known among his con- intensity of the offensive spirit federates as one who was thorough in all things; if he set out to do

HEALTH AND LEISURE.

shown on all occasions.

"As regards the offensive spirit, a thing he did it well. There it shows itself in every movement was nothing slipshod about him. nad in every order. Even if the In engineering he excelled; he order to retire is given, it is more took more than the usual amount Whore the man of leisure ecores ly to form a preliminary to attack. of interest in men and things that is in his ability to study and con- This troops never waited to be at-daily came his way. Not that form to the codes of health rou-tacked in entranched positions, there was any inducement held tine. For the 'strenuous hustler and the chief action between the out to him more than the satis the pages of a health-book are two opposing sides took place, in-faction of being able to say that merely tantalising. If you are variably, midway between their his duty had been done. And inTM like ourselves, a captain of indus positions. The attacks, con- this respect Li Yuan-hang, both J. P. Morgan & Co. New try in the forefront of the battle dusted with the greatest vigour, in his earlier days and later when York Bankers, and who has acted of life, you will read that penay always ended in hand-to-hand he entered the Naval College at as secretary of the American bandbook which the Council of fighting, the chief object Tientsin, and farther on in life' Banking Group since it began to the Incorporated Instituto of being to get at the enemy became the student of Admiral participate in financial operations Hygiene has just issued, and you sad to attack him with the bay-Sah, was the exception to the or in Chiang arrived in Bhangliai will "nigh, "Retire early, and onot, but little seo was made of dinary Chinese. In the Chins in of the differences between them tran "TRA COLONDENT.) yesterday on the Tenyo Maru, rise early, runs, one extract field implements. The roserves, which Li received bisearly train- And the owners.--Reuter.

Canton, March 7. says the China Press" of Maroli Sleep is a great restorative, The British-Ameren Tobacco

General of Canton, is deeply con comes to China to relievo Mr. before midnight," which simply with cavalry for those units not possible, squeeze" as much as Chan Kwang-ming, Governor-2 and continues: Mr. McKnight and its best influence is socured 1 small numbers, consisted prin-ing the rule was to do as little as cipally of infantry and engineers, possible, put on as much: ""side" as Mr. Ramsay Macdonald and cerned over the trouble in Peking, Willard Straight es special re-means that if you aron kusy man, placed on the flank of an attack.posable, and, no matter how Company's premises in Puotingfu

and has ordered a detachment of presentative of the American accustomed to put off writing your The use of heavy artillery, as a little you knew, appear to know love bron destroyed by the

other Labour members of Parlia-the artillery corps to be in readi-Group. He probably aj l-remain letters until bed-time, you can support to field and mountain as much as possible. Li was the ness to march upon Peking in in his country a year or so, nover attend the first night of the artillery, is regarded as normal, opposite of this. He stuck to his mutiacèra,

executive yesterday, in connection case the trouble should assume a The arrival of Mr. McKnight, Drury Lane pantomime without the proportion of heavy to field duties wherever he was. He made

more serious aspect.

it was stated, does not imply that orring sauspistolary correspond-artillery being as 1 to 5. Ad- great progress, and for his pains ADVIJE FROM MANCHURIA. | with, it is belleved, the drain upon The Governor-General in Mr. Straight will cease potive ant. More than that. If you vanced guards were formed of in taking to western subjects the resources of other trade unions issued a proclamation stating participation in operations of the examine into the lives of those from one-third to a quarter of the was looked upon by,Chinese Chao Erl-hsun; and Chin on account of enforced unemploy that, owing to the dangerous Group in the Far East, Mr. whore work line made them famous, infantry of the column, of so much generally as one having a special character of the bombs that were Straight's prosenes is required in you will notice that they invariably cavalry as possible, of from treink in his mind, for his Chin-sheung, have jointly telement

、issued to tha troops, all New York and Europe, and he will had breakfast in bed. Did Den-to three batteries per division of habits of going about his daily graphed to President Yuan Shih-

soldiers either in service or those leave Peking soon after Mr. Mc-cartes, that master of scientific engineers, a medical detachment, round assiduously were foreign kai and Dr. Bun Yat-son, that

who had been disbanded should Knight arrives there and takes progress, dash off, eggless, for and sometimes a bridging section. to those who looked on.Ilo had surrender the bombs to the charge of the Peking office. Mr. dip in the Serpentine? No. He The fronts of divisions, contrary been to Japan for a year or so, authorities within fifteen days. Weknightacted assecretary of the rose about midday. Here is another to the practies of 1900, were toad had his eyes opened as to in demanding from the Government In future those secretly mannfac conferences held in London last example of the hygien'e diabilities duced to 3 kilometres. Very grist how things should be done immediate action to end this-fra-ring bombs or having them in year to settle details of the Chi- of the man of affairs. So that importance was attached to the his own country be returned to their possession would be severely note currever loan, and has made your food," says the landbook, "ia preliminary adoption of a formin-Chins a determined reforzher tricidal war, declaring that a need punished.

a special sady of the financial nutritious, digestible; andadapted tion prior to attack, at 2 or 3 He undoubtedly is worthy of

to your age, work, and character. kilometres from the enemy. This high administrative offic Another serious olan fight took situation of this country; m place on the 4th inst., between Dr. T. JAN. Gattrel, Chinese A simple, light, and varied diet formation was generally, taken up will probably feel that the villagers of Sinchung and Bisecretary of the American Bank is best for health," Im gine a at night, so as to deliver, the attack not been dealt with fairly Lam in the Shun Tack district, ing Group, arrived here yesterday railway portor, aged forty, rushing in this morning. The fire, dis is not given an importa Ever since fighting has continue fron Peking. Dr. Gattrel made all down Regent-street, from one cipline, was excellent, and the en-folia in to new Govern and many have been killed or the trip chiefly to recuperate from clairvoyant to another, in order durante of the troops was remark the Republic of China, sident Ydan Shih-kai consider Society of Railwaymen, has, pro-wounded. Over 100 houses in an illacs, and to meet Mr. to grasp his character thoroughly able in spite of the cold nights relf declares that bis that Tang Shso-yi should bohibited a meeting arranged by the Siu Chung village have been McKnight Both expect to before sitting down to supper. He and the very exhaustive attack, only in military destroyed by fire, Commander remain in Shanghai a few days would get sha mack, and that very remarkable fact in the general behavicur London branch for the purpose of Mak, in command of the troops Mr. Buralight has reached Peking would be the most get un-hygienic manouvres was the interest and doquent of any pledging railwaymen not to move in the district, has personally led again, having proceeded from thing that could possibly happen enthusiaans they excited in the power which China troops of coal trains.

to him--The “Globe,”! fa force to maintain order, Manila via Neguanki.

[districts in which they took place to lowery

they favour the formation of the

now Government u Peking,

which would facilitats the sup

pression of the mutineers in the North

THE NEW PREMIER,

Both Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Pre-

elected President of the now Cabinet,--"Shat Fo."

FEARS OF CONFLICT ·

Radical newspapers are loudest

less extension of the stoppage may

easily lead to conflict between the

miners and fellow-workers.

Il is stated that the Amalgamated

"